I don’t know if you have realised this yet, but if I talk about my holiday, telling you about the lovely beach I went to, with white sands and palm trees… you are making pictures in your head of whatever I am saying. Ever heard somebody say: “I can picture that”? That is because they are literally making pictures in their mind of whatever you say.
Whatever you think of, whether in the future or the past, forms pictures are then stored in a specific place, and every time you think of that specific event or “expected” future event, that specific picture will be recalled.
Before we move on, I just want to make sure we are all on the same page, so if you haven’t done the exercises explaining Values, please do them now! Start with 1 and work your way through to number 8, this is exercise number 9.
Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8
Now, you remember the picture you made of what I said earlier? Recall that! What I would like to know from you, is what pictures you are making about your future. When you think of your future, what are the pictures that you have already made, that is coming up every time you think about your life 2, 10 or 25 years from now? I will not be going into detail with this part, but if you have come across the “law of attraction”, you might realise that whatever you visualise most, will most likely be bought into your reality… but this is a discussion for another time.
Here are some examples:
| Things you value | Higher level need that is fulfilled |
| My future house and family within the house | Family |
| I am standing on stage talking in front of 1000 people | Career / vision |
| I am at the next Olympics and the crowd is cheering me on | Athletics |
Here is mine:
| Things you value | Higher level need that is fulfilled |
| My husband, kids and dogs in my future house | Family |
| My book is found on the shelves of bookstores and libraries | Teaching |
| I am teaching a group of 100 people about the things that I have learned | Create awareness |
So, the question remains… what do you see in your future? What are the pictures you have stored about the way that your life will be?
Question 9: What do you visualise most? When thinking about your future… what are the pictures that come to your mind most often?
Wow, doesn’t it feel good seeing your future?
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